GLOK/Timothy Clerkin - Alliance

While the lockdowns may be an ever distant memory (thank goodness), every so often a reminder rears its head, whether it’s seeing someone in a face mask, having a Zoom call or drinking at home. For Andy Bell, it seems to be every time he opens his laptop.

Despite completing two solo albums and a GLOK album (to say nothing of remixes) in those miserable eighteen months, it’s a well the Ride man can keep returning to, unveiling yet another pleasant surprise at regular intervals.

Four years on, fans are treated to another GLOK album, but one with a twist: on Alliance he joins forces with producer and Insult To Injury label boss Timothy Clerkin.

Bell’s GLOK label Bytes introduced the pair virtually (Clerkin provided a track for the Dissident Remixed album) before they met in real life at Andrew Weatherall’s funeral in early 2020.

How fitting that the much-missed producer, who always possessed a knack for hearing connections other people missed, is still bringing people together from beyond the grave.

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